This one's for you Wolfie: "In the last five years, ATF has arrested more than 6,000 people for participating in such scams. It's even easier when the gun dealer is aware of the deal. Since 2006 ATF has identified more than 700 instances where dealers sold guns to people they suspected of being banned including felons, fugitives, and the mentally ill."

Quite a few places have "gun shows", where anyone can buy a gun. Since it is a private collector, they do not need to run a background check when selling a gun, they don't need to keep extensive records, and they can pretty much be paid to flub the records all together. At one of these shows you may even get a guy or two selling guns in the parking lot.

Quite a few places have "gun shows", where anyone can buy a gun. Since it is a private collector, they do not need to run a background check when selling a gun, they don't need to keep extensive records, and they can pretty much be paid to flub the records all together. At one of these shows you may even get a guy or two selling guns in the parking lot.